PLUS: BASEBALL -- ANAHEIM

PLUS: BASEBALL -- ANAHEIM; Scioscia Hired To Manage Angels

Published: November 18, 1999

Mike Scioscia, a former catcher who played his entire career of 1,441 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers, was hired yesterday to succeed Terry Collins as the manager of the Anaheim Angels, the last team to fill a managerial vacancy this off-season.

Tim Mead, an Angels spokesman, said Scioscia would be introduced at a news conference today.

Scioscia, who has never held a managerial job in the majors, managed the Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League, a Dodgers farm team, to a 65-74 record last season. He was the Dodgers' minor league catching coordinator in 1995-96, and the team's bench coach in 1997-98.

Scioscia and Joe Maddon, who served as interim manager after Collins resigned Sept. 3, were among the last interviewed for the Angels job. Others were the former Kansas City Royals managers Bob Boone and Hal McRae; the Yankees' batting coach, Chris Chambliss; Joel Skinner, a Cleveland Indians minor league manager, and Ken Macha, an Oakland Athletics coach.

Since Commissioner Bud Selig demanded that teams consider minority candidates for all front-office and managerial positions, two of the seven manager openings went to minorities. Milwaukee hired Davey Lopes and the Chicago Cubs hired Don Baylor, giving baseball five minority managers.